my vacation brews

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well, i had made a brew about a 2 weeks before my vacation, that i

bottled and left on the shelf. i then set up 2 more brews to be ready

to bottle and take with me on my vacation away. one was a green tea

and one was an experiment. just before i left for my vacation i made

2 more brews to be doing while i was away, one black tea and one

green tea.

so, the 2 bottles i made to take away with me, the green tea was

delish, and just right. i enjoyed being able to have my glass of kt

each morning. the experiment was a different matter. the tea was a

mixture of black tea and cherry flavour celestial seasonings tea. it

was awful, the third day into drinking it and my husband saw me

grimacing with each mouthful i was sipping. it was almost like that

horrible childrens flavoured cough medicine. he made me tip it down

the drain. im glad he made me do that because i am stubborn and hate

to waste stuff even if it tastes like **** .

all the time i was away i kept worrying about the current lot of brew

hoping it was going to be ok. i neednt have worried, it seems to be

the best yet.

i have the habit of keep looking at my brews and although i try not

to disturb them too much im sure the slight movments of the

containers does upset the scobys a little bit. the 2 brews that were

undisturbed for almost a week tasted the best and the baby scobys are

the thickest ive had so far.

i have now bottled these latest 2 and am happy to have a decent

slight surplus of kt for myself. i dont need to make 2 lots of brew

anymore just yet, so have placed all the spare scobys in some fresh

green tea with a bit of old tea. this is my scoby supply now. if i

allow a baby to form in the " spares " container, will it be ok to push

it under the tea to encourage new babys to form on a regular basis?

i would like to have enough scobys to use for teas and also to use on

my eczema when im in the shower.

im annoyed by my mothers narrow mindedness. she keeps making comments

about the weird corner in my kitchen. i was drinking a glass of kt

lastnight and said to her to have a taste of this, and told her it

was my latest ginger beer brew from my gingerbeerplant. she really

liked it, until i told her what it really was.

heather